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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

746
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Spain

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
French Language

Derived From

Albanian Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

922
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
hola

Thank You

Danke
Gracias

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

gute Nacht
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

guten Abend
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

guten Morgen
Buenos Días

Please

bitte
Por Favor

Sorry

Verzeihung
triste

Bye

Tschüs
adiós

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Mexico

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Germany
Cuba

How Many People Speak

820,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Texas
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

6,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2821
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
Español

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

allemand
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Deutsch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Germans
Spanish people

History

Origin

6th Century AD
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Romance

Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

92
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
spa

ISO 639 2/B

ger
spa

ISO 639 3

deu
spa

ISO 639 6

deus
spa

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
stan1288

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

German and Spanish Alphabets

German and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Spanish. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn German and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Spanish languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

All German and Spanish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Spanish dialects. Various dialects of German and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

German and Spanish Speaking population

German and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of German and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Spanish on German vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Spanish Language Codes

German and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.